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TIL the largest lake in the world used to be in Sahara, but the sun dried it out leaving behind sediments - however the wind carries away 700.000 tons of this mineral rich dust every day, blowing all the way to South America where it fertilizes the Amazon Rainforest

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QJprL Today I learned that five times as many soldiers died in the battle of Stalingrad as US soldiers died during the whole war.
LRnV TIL that GTA: Chinatown Wars is the most complex Nintendo DS game ever made, with more than 800,000 lines of code;
vJ0R TIL Lactose free milk has a shelf life of 60-90 days, versus regular milk at 7 - 21 days.
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ZpaeQ TIL a KGB agent named Albrecht Dittrich spied on America, in America, for nearly 10 years, was discovered, and was allowed to remain in the USA with the FBI agent who caught him becoming his best friend.